🤖 Join us this Sat, 10am-5pm at the Community Hub for an amazing showcase of Bill Quay Primary School's VEXIQ Robotics Team! 🏆 Fresh from their National VEX win, they're heading to Dallas for the World Championships in May 2024! 🇺🇸 👉ow.ly/XkMR50R3XUL

Wow, check this out! 👀 #VEXUK Team - South Bank Tyners are going to be showcasing their amazing STEM skills in Gateshead this Saturday 🙌

Brilliant to speak to kids from Bill Quay who have made it to the VEX Robotics finals! They now need to raise money so they can go to Dallas, Texas to compete. Congrats to both Bill Quay & Wardley Primary who have made it to the finals✊ Pls help 👇 gofund.me/27668277

Here’s the result for Bill Quay Primary VEX IQ team who is travelling to Dallas Texas for the VEX Robotics World Finals in a few weeks time! Wish them and WardleyRobotics good luck. And Tanfield School who are the first North East VRC Secondary team to make Worlds ❤️🤖 REC Foundation

We have been busy today working on the first stages of our OPAL project. We even roped in the help of some children.

With the #VEXWorlds in a few weeks, no time to rest this Easter!

New number plates on ready for worlds VEX Robotics UK How good do they look? Thank you Michael Nelson 🤖

Great success today for our gymnasts in the Gateshead competition. All four teams came away with medals. The gold-medal winning teams will go on to represent Gateshead at the Tyne and Wear Games later in the term. We are so proud of them all!

A massive well done to our 3/4 football team. They played so well together tonight and have qualified for the finals next week! Absolutely smashed it!! ⚽️

A massive thank you to Bill Quay staff, Bill Quay Joinery and Nissan for all of their help! Everyone has worked so hard to help us get Opal off the ground....I'm sure you will agree our school is starting to look pretty impressive 😁

Year 5 children were invited to Durham City Hall to join in the #Technext festival for schools! The challenge was no small feat – they had to come up with a innovative tech-based solution to tackle a real-life problem Three groups from our school made it to the shortlist. Go BQ!

Our sports weeks has kicked off with Year 2 & Year 3 The Urban Factory Hebburn doing Parkour. Lots more to come.

Day 1 of sports weeks

Year 6 have been amazing in their end-of-year show. Their singing and acting were superb, and the KS2 choir members were a fantastic Chorus supporting them. A brilliant way to end their time at Bill Quay 🎶 We were extremely proud of them all!

Congratulations, Alfie! What an amazing achievement to win the #GreatNorthRun Mini Great North Run today! We're all so proud of you. Well done 👏

At the start of a new term, let’s congratulate the #VEXUK teams who competed at #vexworlds 2024 🥳 Can you spot your team or a team you know? 👀 Thank you to all who posted and shared your #vexukatworlds experience with us all - you smashed it! Here’s to a great 2024/25 season

Today, four of our school councillors got to meet Prince William. It was lovely he took the time to speak with the children #royalfamily

Our school choir singing a song written and produced by our very talented music teacher, Mrs Kitson in honour of Remembrance Sunday. The lyrics are inspired by ‘For the Fallen’ by Lawrence Binyon and ‘In Flanders Fields’ by Captain John McRae. #RemembranceDay2024

Today we marked #VEDay with flag-making, 1940s dancing, and family memoirs. Pupils explored their histories & shared stories from relatives. A huge thank you to the grandparents who joined our special assembly! #LestWeForget facebook.com/share/v/12Hstm…

We are incredibly proud of our pupils who performed a prize-winning rap written by Y5 tonight at the Schools Sports Partnership Awards evening at the Fed Brewery. It incorporated the themes of Friendship and Sport, and they performed wonderfully on the big stage.